RE: Bozzlife: The down-low on digital copyright
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So. You just highlighted another item in my to do list. I promised the ladies at Terminal an updated copyright post which I haven't done yet.
It's a sticky wicket to be sure. I spent a lot of time in a community that will go unnamed battling plagiarism and theft. The good news there is I had a huge account behind me if I needed it for a soul crushing DV. Normal everyday plag and theft got smaller dvs.
I write quite a few 'historical' type posts for one reason or another. I use wiki commons a lot and like you, everything I post that isn't mine is source credited.
One other thing that I've given to but never used is Hive Stock Images. Doesn't do much good on the sports issue, but permission is already granted.
Yes, that is a good point about the Hive Stock images. I need to dig into that a bit more. I really think a lot of people aren't trying to be malicious, they just don't know any better. Hopefully this will help to educate people a little.
You are right, most aren't malicious. Some (a few) are just too lazy or time challenged to even find out what is the right thing.
Sometimes just a visit from cheetah is enough to make people realize. I used the old 'steemflags' service back in the day. Fortunately it's no where near as large a problem as before.
Yes, things have definitely gotten better. I mainly see it out in the tribes and communites.